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30 July, 2025

Viltrox Air 15mm f/1.7 – a new lens for APS-C

By Mike Brooks

30 July, 2025

/ Mirrorless Lens, viltrox 15mm 1.7, Viltrox Lens, /

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I recently had the opportunity to test a new prime APS-C lens from Viltrox; the 15mm 1.7 Air in a Nikon Z mount. In full frame terms, that means you have something between a 20 and 24mm perspective. A 20mm lens is one I use a lot on my full fra...

30 July, 2025

Two Cold Shoes for an M3

By Leon Winnert

30 July, 2025

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This is a short piece that describes how I designed and made a gadget to solve a need to attach and simultaneously use two cold shoes on a Leica M3 when only one exists. And how I got myself into that situation in the first place. I have an M3. Th...

30 July, 2025

Voigtlander 28mm f2.8 Aspherical SL II-S Color-Skopar – Golden egg cups, surrealism and a new lens for an old film camera

By Simon Bohrsmann

30 July, 2025

/ 28mm Lens, SLR lens, Voigtlander 28mm f2.8 Aspherical SL II-S Color-Skopar, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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This is a story about how I ended up knee deep in sea water on the coast of Sydney, Australia, trying to focus on a golden egg cup. It is a story about an experience with a new lens, rather than a technical review. I often don’t understand why my ...

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5 December, 2016

Loading a 120 film camera with a pair of 3D printed 35mm film adapters

By Hamish Gill

I've just loaded my Lubitel 166b 120 6x6 format film camera with a roll of 35mm film... so thought I'd write a quick post to demonstrate how.

4 December, 2016

Pushing Tri-X To 3200, Or Shooting A Concert On Film – Guest Post by Aukje

By Aukje

A friend of mine is a guitarist in a band, and when they play I enjoy photographing their performance. So far I have been covering that with my digital camera, as it feels safer...

3 December, 2016

Leica M-D: To M-D or not to M-D? – By Adam Singer

By Adam Singer

So a man walks into a camera store - stop me if you have heard this one - and says, ‘ I want that new Leica MD’. That’s the full frame all singing but no dancing digital Leica w...

26 November, 2016

Zeiss Ikon Taxona Review – Shooting Square – by Rajmohan Fotograf

By rajmohan fotograf

Being aware of square format only in the context of medium format cameras, I was intrigued by a recent thread in a photography forum in which 35mm square format cameras (such as...

23 November, 2016

Come to the inaugural Beers & Cameras, Worcester!

By Hamish Gill

If you spend any time at all on Instagram you have probably come across Beers & Cameras. Started by Juan and a friend just over a year ago, they hold bi-weekly Camera and Beer r...

22 November, 2016

Lomo LC-Wide Review – The Ultra-wide, Point & Shoot

By Hamish Gill

Since the day it was released I've been intrigued by the Lomography Lomo LC-Wide. It's not often these days that new film cameras are brought to market, never mind one that offe...

20 November, 2016

Minox 35GT Review – Ilford HP5 & the Streets of Berlin – by Jean-Christophe Wiart

By Jean-Christophe WIART

When I think about Berlin, there are tons of things that cross my mind; there's the famed subculture of this city, and places like the Kunsthaus Tacheles, the wall, the wastelan...

17 November, 2016

Canon Sure Shot Sleek / Prima Mini II Review – By Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

The Canon Sure Shot Sleek, also known as the Prima Mini II, is a small autofocus compact. I’ve had one for a few years, but never got around to using it. It came with a bunch of...

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Aitchess on Zeiss Ikon S 310 – The Last Contessa – Urban shooting in Norwich London and Cambridge in Black and White
I just tried it in my S310, and it does need something extra inserted to make contact for this camera…
Scott Ferguson on Two Cold Shoes for an M3
Hey Leon, Nice bit of ingenuity there to make your M3 more suited to your personal needs as a shooter!…
Simon Bohrsmann on Voigtlander 28mm f2.8 Aspherical SL II-S Color-Skopar – Golden egg cups, surrealism and a new lens for an old film camera
Hi Lars - glad you enjoyed the story and thank you very much. It was pretty straightforward - the guy…

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